Sunday November 11 OrdinaOon of Nicholas Lanzourakis to Diaconate. Sunday November 11 Veterans Day CommemoraOon (AVer Liturgy)

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1 ANNUNCIATION GREEK ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL OF NEW ENGLAND WEEKLY BULLETIN 11 November 2018 The Holy Great Martyr Menas who witnessed at Cotyaeion Τοῦ Αγίου Μεγαλομάρτυρος Μηνᾶ τοῦ ἐν τῷ Κοτυαείῳ Eighth Sunday of Luke Tone Grave Η ΛΟΥΚΑ Ἦχος βαρύς Cathedral: 514 Parker Street, Boston, MA Office/Mailing Address: 162 Goddard Avenue, Brookline, MA Phone: (617) Fax: (617) Fr. Demetri s cell: (617) Upcoming Events Sunday November 11 OrdinaOon of Nicholas Lanzourakis to Diaconate Sunday November 11 Veterans Day CommemoraOon (AVer Liturgy) Friday November 16 FAMILY NIGHT: MOVIE NIGHT (6:30 pm at Center) Sunday November 18 General Assembly (AVer Liturgy) Monday November 19 Boston Homless Veterans Shelter Visit (4:15 pm) Tuesday November 20 Entry of Theotokos: Vesp. Liturgy (6:30 pm at Chapel) Thursday November 22 Thankgiving Day Sunday November 25 Q&A with Fr. Demetri (AVer Liturgy) Thursday November 29 St. Andrew: Great Vespers (7:00 pm at Chapel) Friday November 30 St. Andrew: Orthros/Liturgy (8:30/9:30 am at Chapel) Wednesday December 5 St. Nicholas: Great Vespers (6:00 pm at Lexington)

2 ΚΑΘΕΔΡΙΚΟΣ ΝΑΟΣ ΝΕΑΣ ΑΓΓΛΙΑΣ ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΣΜΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΘΕΟΤΟΚΟΥ ANNUNCIATION GREEK ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL OF NEW ENGLAND Rev. Fr. Demetrios E. Tonias, Ph.D., Cathedral Dean ια Νοεμβρίου,βιη Η ΛΟΥΚΑ 8th Sunday of Luke 11 November 2018 Ἀπολυτίκια Ἦχος βαρύς Κατέλυσας τῷ Σταυρῷ σου τὸν θάνατον ἠνέῳξας τῷ Λῃστῇ τὸν Παράδεισον τῶν Μυροφόρων τὸν θρῆνον μετέβαλες καὶ τοῖς σοῖς Ἀποστόλοις κηρύττειν ἐπέταξας ὅτι ἀνέστης Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, παρέχων τῷ κόσμῳ τὸ μέγα ἔλεος. Ἦχος δʹ. Ταχὺ προκατάλαβε. Οἱ Μάρτυρές σου Κύριε, ἐν τῇ ἀθλήσει αὐτῶν, στεφάνους ἐκομίσαντο τῆς ἀφθαρσίας, ἐκ σοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν σχόντες γὰρ τὴν ἰσχύν σου, τοὺς τυράννους καθεῖλον, ἔθραυσαν καὶ δαιμόνων, τὰ ἀνίσχυρα θράση. Αὐτῶν ταῖς ἱκεσίαις, Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, σῶσον τὰς ψυχὰς ἡμῶν. Ἦχος δ Σήμερον τῆς σωτηρίας ἡμῶν τὸ κεφάλαιον, καὶ τοῦ ἀπ αἰῶνος μυστηρίου ἡ φανέρωσις ὁ Υἷός του Θεοῦ, υἱὸς τῆς Παρθένου γίνεται, καὶ Γαβριὴλ τὴν χάριν εὐαγγελίζεται. Διὸ καὶ ἡμεῖς σὺν αὐτῷ, τῇ Θεοτόκῳ βοήσωμεν Χαῖρε Κεχαριτωμένη, ὁ Κύριος μετά σοῦ. Κοντάκιον Ἦχος δʹ. Ὁ ὑψωθεὶς ἐν τῷ Σταυρῷ. Ὁ καθαρώτατος ναὸς τοῦ Σωτῆρος, ἡ πολυτίμητος παστὰς καὶ Παρθένος, τὸ ἱερὸν θησαύρισμα τῆς δόξης τοῦ Θεοῦ, σήμερον εἰσάγεται, ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ Κυρίου, τὴν χάριν συνεισάγουσα, τὴν ἐν Πνευματι Θείῳ ἣν ἀνυμνοῦσιν Ἄγγελοι Θεοῦ Αὕτη ὑπάρχει σκηνὴ ἐπουράνιος. Dismissal Hymns Mode Grave You did abolish death by Your Cross. You opened to the thief paradise. You did transform the myrrhbearers lamentation. And to Your Apostles You did bid to preach. That You are risen O Christ our God, granting to the world great mercy. Mode 4. Come quickly. Your Martyrs, O Lord, were worthily awarded by You the crowns of incorruption, in that they contested for You our immortal God. Since they possessed Your power, they defeated the tyrants, dashing the demons' powerless displays of defiance. O Christ God, at their fervent entreaties, save our souls. Mode 4 Today mark s the crow ning of our salvation and the revelation of the mystery before all ages. For the Son of God becomes the son of the Virgin, and Gabriel proclaims the grace. Wherefore, we also cry out with him, "Hail, O full of grace, the Lord is with you. Kontakion Mode 4. You who were lifted. The Savior's most pure and immaculate temple, the precious bridal chamber and Virgin, who is the sacred treasure of the glory of God, on this day is introduced into the House of the Lord, and with herself she brings grace in the divine Spirit. She is extolled by the Angels of God. A heavenly tabernacle is she.

3 Ἀπόστολος Β Κορ. δ Corinthians 4:6-15 Epistle Ἀδελφοί, ὁ Θεὸς ὁ εἰπών, ἐκ σκότους φῶς λάμψαι ὃ ἔλαμψεν ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ἡμῶν πρὸς φωτισμὸν τῆς γνώσεως τῆς δόξης τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν προσώπῳ Χριστοῦ. Ἔχομεν δὲ τὸν θησαυρὸν τοῦτον ἐν ὀστρακίνοις σκεύεσιν ἵνα ἡ ὑπερβολὴ τῆς δυνάμεως ᾖ τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ μὴ ἐξ ἡμῶν ἐν παντὶ θλιβόμενοι ἀλλ' οὐ στενοχωρούμενοι ἀπορούμενοι ἀλλ' οὐκ ἐξαπορούμενοι διωκόμενοι ἀλλ' οὐκ ἐγκαταλειπόμενοι καταβαλλόμενοι ἀλλ' οὐκ ἀπολλύμενοι πάντοτε τὴν νέκρωσιν τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἐν τῷ σώματι περιφέροντες ἵνα καὶ ἡ ζωὴ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἐν τῷ σώματι ἡμῶν φανερωθῇ. Ἀεὶ γὰρ ἡμεῖς οἱ ζῶντες εἰς θάνατον παραδιδόμεθα διὰ Ἰησοῦν ἵνα καὶ ἡ ζωὴ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ φανερωθῇ ἐν τῇ θνητῇ σαρκὶ ἡμῶν. Ὥστε ὁ θάνατος ἐν ἡμῖν ἐνεργεῖται ἡ δὲ ζωὴ ἐν ὑμῖν. Ἔχοντες δὲ τὸ αὐτὸ πνεῦμα τῆς πίστεως κατὰ τὸ γεγραμμένον Ἐπίστευσα διὸ ἐλάλησα καὶ ἡμεῖς πιστεύομεν διὸ καὶ λαλοῦμεν εἰδότες ὅτι ὁ ἐγείρας τὸν Κύριον Ἰησοῦν καὶ ἡμᾶς σὺν Ἰησοῦ ἐγερεῖ καὶ παραστήσει σὺν ὑμῖν. Τὰ γὰρ πάντα δι' ὑμᾶς ἵνα ἡ χάρις πλεονάσασα διὰ τῶν πλειόνων τὴν εὐχαριστίαν περισσεύσῃ εἰς τὴν δόξαν τοῦ Θεοῦ. Brethren, it is the God who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. For while we live we are always being given up to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So death is at work in us, but life in you. Since we have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote, "I believed, and so I spoke," we too believed, and so we speak, knowing that He who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into His presence. For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God. Εὐαγγέλιον Λουκ. ιʹ Luke 10:25-37 Gospel Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, νομικός τις προσῆλθε τῷ Ἰησοῦ πειράζων αὐτὸν καὶ λέγων Διδάσκαλε, τί ποιήσας ζωὴν αἰώνιον κληρονομήσω; ὁ δὲ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτόν Ἐν τῷ νόμῳ τί γέγραπται; πῶς ἀναγινώσκεις; ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν Ἀγαπήσεις Κύριον τὸν Θεόν σου ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας σου καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς ψυχῆς σου καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς ἰσχύος σου καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς διανοίας σου, καὶ τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ Ὀρθῶς ἀπεκρίθης τοῦτο ποίει καὶ ζήσῃ. ὁ δὲ θέλων δικαιοῦν ἑαυτὸν εἶπε πρὸς τὸν Ἰησοῦν Καὶ At that time, a lawyer stood up to put Jesus to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read?" And he answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself." And he said to him, "You have answered right; do this, and you will live." But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, Continued on next page

4 τίς ἐστί μου πλησίον; ὑπολαβὼν δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν Ἄνθρωπός τις κατέβαινεν ἀπὸ Ἱερουσαλὴμ εἰς Ἰεριχὼ, καὶ λῃσταῖς περιέπεσεν οἳ καὶ ἐκδύσαντες αὐτὸν καὶ πληγὰς ἐπιθέντες ἀπῆλθον ἀφέντες ἡμιθανῆ τυγχάνοντα. κατὰ συγκυρίαν δὲ ἱερεύς τις κατέβαινεν ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ ἐκείνῃ, καὶ ἰδὼν αὐτὸν ἀντιπαρῆλθεν. ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ Λευῒτης γενόμενος κατὰ τὸν τόπον, ἐλθὼν καὶ ἰδὼν ἀντιπαρῆλθε. Σαμαρείτης δέ τις ὁδεύων ἦλθε κατ' αὐτὸν, καὶ ἰδὼν αὐτὸν ἐσπλαγχνίσθη, καὶ προσελθὼν κατέδησε τὰ τραύματα αὐτοῦ ἐπιχέων ἔλαιον καὶ οἶνον, ἐπιβιβάσας δὲ αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὸ ἴδιον κτῆνος ἤγαγεν αὐτὸν εἰς πανδοχεῖον καὶ ἐπεμελήθη αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν αὔριον ἐξελθὼν, ἐκβαλὼν δύο δηνάρια ἔδωκε τῷ πανδοχεῖ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ἐπιμελήθητι αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὅ, τι ἂν προσδαπανήσῃς, ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ ἐπανέρχεσθαί με ἀποδώσω σοι. τίς οὖν τούτων τῶν τριῶν πλησίον δοκεῖ σοι γεγονέναι τοῦ ἐμπεσόντος εἰς τοὺς λῃστάς; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν Ὁ ποιήσας τὸ ἔλεος μετ' αὐτοῦ. εἶπεν οὖν αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς Πορεύου καὶ σὺ ποίει ὁμοίως. Menas of Egypt "And who is my neighbor?" Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was; and when he saw him, he had compassion, and went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; then he set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, 'Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.' Which of these three, do you think, proved neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?" He said, "The one who showed mercy on him." And Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise." 11 Νοεµβρίου Saint Menas, who had Egypt as his fatherland, contested in Cotyaeion of Phrygia in 296 during the reign of Diocletian and Maximian. A soldier distinguished for his valour in war, he renounced his rank and withdrew to devote himself to ascetical struggles and prayer in the mountains. Filled with zeal and more than human courage, he presented himself in the midst of a pagan festival in Cotyaeion and declared himself to be a Christian. After terrible torments which he endured with astonishing courage, he was beheaded. His martyrium in Egypt became a place of universal pilgrimage; evidence of ancient journeys to his shrine have been found as far away as Ireland. The glory and refuge of the Christians of Egypt, he has been revealed to be a worker of great miracles and a swift defender for all who call on him with faith; besides all else, he is also invoked for help in finding lost objects.

5 Ὁ Ἅγιος Μηνᾶς ὁ Μεγαλομάρτυρας 11 Νοεµβρίου Ὁ Ἅγιος Μηνᾶς γεννήθηκε στὴν Αἴγυπτο στὰ μέσα περίπου τοῦ 3ου αἰώνα μ.χ. ἀπὸ γονεῖς εἰδωλολάτρες. Ὡστόσο, τὸ εἰδωλολατρικὸ περιβά ον στὸ ὁποῖο μεγά ωνε, δὲν κατάφερε νὰ σκληρύνει τὴν καρδιά του ἡ ὁποία, ὅταν ἦ θε ἡ στιγμή, σκίρτησε ἀκούγοντας τὴν φωνὴ τοῦ «ἐτάζοντος καρδίας καὶ νεφρούς» Θεοῦ καὶ ἔτσι ὁ ἔφηβος ἀκόμη, Μηνᾶς, ἔγινε χριστιανός. Μεγαλώνοντας, ἐπέ εξε νὰ σταδιοδρομήσει στὸν Ρωμαϊκὸ στρατό, στὸ ἱππικὸ τάγμα τῶν Ρουταλικῶν, ὑπὸ τὴν διοίκηση τοῦ Ἀργυρίσκου. Ἡ ἕδρα τῆς μονάδας του ἦταν στὸ Κοτυάειον (σημερινὴ Κιουτάχεια) τῆς Μικρᾶς Ἀσίας. Ἐκεῖ ὁ Μηνὰς διακρίθηκε καὶ γιὰ τὴν φρόνησή του ἀ ὰ καὶ γιὰ τὸ ἀνδρεῖο του φρόνημα καὶ γι αὐτὸ ἔχαιρε ἐκτιμήσεως στὸ κύκλο τῶν στρατιωτικῶν. Δυστυχῶς ὅμως, τρεῖς αἰῶνες μετὰ τὴν ἔ ευση τοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ ὁ παλαιὸς κόσμος ἀκόμη δὲν ἤθελε νὰ δεχθεῖ τὸ λυτρωτικὸ μήνυμα τῆς Ἀναστάσεως, παραμένοντας αὐτάρεσκα, ἐγωιστικὰ καὶ αὐτοκαταστροφικὰ προσκο ημένος στὴν φθορὰ καὶ τὸ σκοτάδι. Οἱ αὐτοκράτορες τῆς Ρώμης ἄρχισαν καὶ πά ι «πρὸς κέντρα λακτίζειν». Ὁ Διοκλητιανὸς καὶ ὁ Μαξιμιανὸς διέταξαν διωγμὸ ἐναντίον τῶν λογικῶν προβάτων τοῦ Χριστοῦ, διωγμὸ ὁ ὁποῖος κράτησε ἀπὸ τὸ 303 ἕως τὸ 311 μ.χ. Ἔτσι, οἱ Ρωμαῖοι στρατιῶτες διατάχθηκαν νὰ συ αμβάνουν καὶ νὰ τυραννοῦν τοὺς χριστιανοὺς προσπαθώντας νὰ τοὺς κάνουν νὰ ἀ αξοπιστήσουν. Αὐτὴ ἦταν καὶ ἡ πρώτη κρίσιμη στιγμὴ κατὰ τὴν ὁποία ὁ Μηνᾶς κλήθηκε νὰ πεῖ «τὸ μεγά ο ναὶ ἢ τὸ μεγά ο ὄχι». Ἡ πίστη του στὸν Χριστὸ νίκησε τὴν κοσμικὴ σύνεση καὶ λογική. Ὁ Ἅγιος δὲν ἄντεξε, πέταξε στὴν γῆ τὴν στρατιωτική του ζώνη ἀπεκδυόμενος μ αὐτὸν τὸν τρόπο τὴν ἰδιότητα τοῦ στρατιώτη διώκτη τῶν χριστιανῶν, καὶ διέφυγε στὸ παρακείμενο ὄρος. Ἐκεῖ ἀσκήτευε, προτιμώντας τὴν συντροφιὰ τῶν θηρίων τῆς φύσης ἀπὸ τὴν συντροφιὰ τῶν ἀποθηριωμένων εἰδωλολατρῶν. Ἐκεῖ, «ἐν ἐρημίαις πλανώμενος καὶ ὄρεσι καὶ σπηλαίοις καὶ ταῖς ὀπαῖς τῆς γῆς», ἔζησε ἐπὶ ἀρκετὸ διάστημα μὲ νηστεία, ἀγρυπνία καὶ προσευχή. Ἡ ἀσκητικὴ ζωὴ καὶ ἡ ἡσυχία ἐθέρμαναν τὴν καρδιά του ἀνάβοντας τὸν θεῖο ἔρωτα καὶ τὸν πόθο τοῦ μαρτυρίου. Ἔτσι, σὲ ἡ ικία πενήντα περίπου ἐτῶν, μετὰ ἀπὸ θεία ἀποκά υψη ὅτι εἶχε φτάσει ἡ ὥρα τοῦ μαρτυρίου, κατέβηκε στὴν πό η, σὲ μέρα εἰδωλολατρικοῦ πανηγυριοῦ καὶ μὲ παρρησία, ἐν μέσῳ τῶν μαινομένων εἰδωλολατρῶν, ὁμολόγησε τὸν Χριστὸ ὡς τὸν ἕνα καὶ ἀ ηθινὸ Θεό, μυκτηρίζοντας τὰ κωφὰ καὶ ἀναίσθητα εἴδωλα. Συνελήφθη καὶ σύρθηκε δερόμενος μπροστὰ στὸν Πύρρο, τὸν διοικητὴ τῆς πό εως. Ἐκεῖ, μιλώντας μὲ θάρρος, ἀποκά υψε τὸ ὄνομά του, τὴν καταγωγή του, τὸ στρατιωτικό του παρελθὸν καί, φυσικά, διεκήρυξε μὲ τό μη καὶ ἀταλάντευτη ἐπιμονὴ τὴν πίστη του στὸν Χριστό. Ὁδηγήθηκε στὴν φυλακὴ καὶ τὸ πρωὶ τῆς ἑπομένης ἡμέρας, μετὰ τὸ πέρας τοῦ εἰδωλολατρικοῦ πανηγυριοῦ, τὸν παρουσίασαν καὶ πά ι ἐνώπιον τοῦ ἡγεμόνος ὁ ὁποῖος τὸν κατηγόρησε ὅτι ἐξύβρισε τοὺς θεοὺς καὶ μά ιστα Continued on next page

6 μπροστά του καὶ ὅτι λιποτάκτησε ἀπὸ τὸν στρατό. Ὁ Ἅγιος ἀποδέχθηκε τὶς κατηγορίες χωρὶς δισταγμό. Ὁ Πύρρος, εὐ αβούμενος στὴν ἀρχὴ τὴν ἡ ικία καὶ τὴν εὐκοσμία του, προσπάθησε μὲ λόγια καὶ ὑποσχέσεις ἀ ὰ καὶ μὲ ἀπειλὲς στὴν συνέχεια, νὰ τὸν ἀποσπάσει ἀπὸ τὴν πίστη τοῦ Χριστοῦ. Ὅταν οἱ προσπάθειές του προσέκρουσαν στὴν σταθερὴ ἄρνηση τοῦ Ἁγίου, διέταξε νὰ τὸν ὑποβά ουν σὲ ἀνυπόφορα βασανιστήρια. Οἱ δήμιοι τὸν μαστίγωσαν τόσο πολὺ ὥστε ἄ αξαν δυὸ καὶ τρεῖς φορὲς οἱ μαστιγωτές του. Τὸν κρέμασαν καὶ τὸν ἔγδερναν μέχρι ποὺ ἄρχισαν νὰ φαίνονται τὰ ἐσωτερικὰ ὄργανα τοῦ Ἁγίου. Ἔπειτα, σὰν νὰ μὴν ἔφθαναν αὐτά, ἔτριβαν τὸ καταπληγωμένο τοῦ σῶμα μὲ τρίχινο ὕφασμα καὶ στὸ τέ ος τὸν ἔσερναν γυμνὸ καὶ κατακρεουργημένο πάνω σὲ μετα ικὰ ἀγκάθια. Ὅ α τὰ ὑπέμενε μὲ γενναιότητα καὶ καρτεροψυχία ὁ Μάρτυς τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἐφαρμόζοντας τὸ Εὐαγγελικὸ «καὶ μὴ φοβηθῆτε ἀπὸ τῶν ἀποκτεννόντων τὸ σῶμα, τὴν δὲ ψυχὴν μὴ δυναμένων ἀποκτεῖναι» (Ματθαῖος 10, 28). Μά ιστα, τὴν ὥρα τοῦ μαρτυρίου, κάποιοι παλιοὶ συστρατιῶτες του τὸν προέτρεπαν νὰ θυσιάσει στὰ εἴδωλα λέγοντας ὅτι ὁ Θεός του θὰ τὸν δικαιολογήσει β έποντας τὰ βασανιστήρια στὰ ὁποῖα τὸν ὑπέβα αν. Ὁ Ἅγιος ἀρνήθηκε ἀποφασιστικὰ καὶ τοὺς ἀπάντησε ὅτι προσφέρει θυσία ἀκόμη καὶ τὸν ἑαυτό του στὸν Χριστό, ὁ ὁποῖος τὸν ἐνδυναμώνει γιὰ νὰ ὑπομένει τὶς πληγές. Ὁ ἡγεμόνας, θαυμάζοντας τὴν εὐστοχία καὶ τὴν σοφία τῶν ἀπαντήσεων τοῦ Μάρτυρα, τὸν ρώτησε ἀπορρημένος πὼς εἶναι δυνατὸν ἕνας τραχὺς στρατιώτης σὰν αὐτὸν νὰ μπορεῖ νὰ ἀπαντᾶ κατ αὐτὸν τὸν τρόπο. Καὶ ὁ Ἅγιος, μὲ τὴ φώτιση τοῦ Θεοῦ, τοῦ ἀποκρίθηκε ὅτι αὐτὴ τὴν ἱκανότητα τὴν χαρίζει στοὺς μάρτυρές του ὁ Χριστός, ὅπως ἔχει ὑποσχεθεῖ στὸ Εὐαγγέ ιο: «ὅταν δὲ προσφέρωσιν ὑμᾶς ἐπὶ τὰς συναγωγὰς καὶ τὰς ἀρχὰς καὶ τὰς ἐξουσίας, μὴ μεριμνᾶτε πὼς ἢ τί ἀπολογήσησθε ἢ τί εἴπητε. Τὸ γὰρ Ἅγιον Πνεῦμα διδάξει ὑμᾶς ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρᾳ ἃ δεῖ εἰπεῖν». Τότε, ἀπελπισμένος ὁ τύραννος, διέταξε νὰ τὸν ἀποκεφαλίσουν. Βαδίζοντας πρὸς τὸν τόπο τῆς ἐκτέ εσης ὁ Ἅγιος πρό αβε νὰ ζητήσει ἀπὸ κάποιους κρυπτοχριστιανοὺς νὰ μεταφέρουν τὸ λείψανό του στὴν Αἴγυπτο. Ὁ ἀποκεφαλισμός του ἔγινε τὴν 11η Νοεμβρίου στὶς ἀρχὲς τοῦ 4ου αἰ. μ.χ. καὶ ἔτσι ἡ ψυχή του πέταξε χαρούμενη πρὸς τὸν Σωτῆρα Χριστὸ τὸν ὁποῖο τόσο ἐπόθησε ὁ Ἅγιος καὶ γιὰ τὸν ὁποῖο θυσιάσθηκε. Οἱ δήμιοι ἄναψαν φωτιὰ γιὰ νὰ κάψουν τὸ σῶμα του. Ὅτι κατάφεραν οἱ χριστιανοὶ νὰ περισώσουν ἀπὸ τὴν πυρὰ τὸ μετέφεραν στὴν Αἴγυπτο καὶ τὸ ἔθαψαν κοντὰ στὴν Μαρεώτιδα λίμνη, νοτιοδυτικὰ τῆς Ἀ εξάνδρειας. Στὸ σημεῖο ἐκεῖνο σταμάτησε, κατὰ τὴν παράδοση, ἡ καμή α ποὺ μετέφερε τὰ λείψανα ἀρνούμενη πεισματικὰ νὰ προχωρήσει. Ἔτσι οἱ χριστιανοὶ κατά αβαν ὅτι ἦταν θέ ημα Θεοῦ νὰ ἐνταφιασθοῦν ἐκεῖ τὰ λείψανα τοῦ Ἁγίου. Ἡ περιοχὴ τοῦ τάφου πολὺ σύντομα ἐξελίχθηκε σὲ προσκυνηματικὸ λατρευτικὸ κέντρο. Ὁ Μέγας Κωνσταντῖνος, ὅταν ἦταν Πατριάρχης Ἀ εξανδρείας ὁ Μέγας Ἀθανάσιος, ἀνήγειρε ναὸ πάνω στὸν τάφο τοῦ Ἁγίου. Σὲ λίγα χρόνια δημιουργήθηκε ἐκεῖ ἐκτεταμένο κτιριακὸ συγκρότημα τὸ ὁποῖο περιελάμβανε δύο ναούς, μοναστῆρι, ξενῶνες καὶ ἄ ες ἐγκαταστάσεις.

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